We can help you to convert your technical drawings, sketches, diagrams, concept drawings, line art, etc. into high-quality screen graphics or web graphics for multimedia presentation. The resulting vector images are crisp, smooth and are scalable to any size.

Paper-to-CAD Conversion

In a typical workflow a sketch is scanned to be used as a reference for the CAD file. The sketch is then manually re-drafted in AutoCAD taking the exact measurements from civil and architectural drawings.

The file is then coloured in AutoCAD. In order to achieve crisp lines the CAD file is imported into Adobe Illustrator where the artifacts caused by the conversion are removed. The resulting raster file is ideal for web and screen based presentations where crisp lines are essential.

American Institute of Architects CAD layer guidelines is a layer naming convention. The layer names are as follows:

XX XXXX XXXX XXXX where the first first two character field is a discipline code followed by either a hyphen or a user defined modifier e.g. A- (arhitecture), C- (Civil), E- (Electrical), F- (Fire Protection)

XX XXXX XXXX XXXX where the second four character field is a major group e.g. A-CLNG (Ceiling), A-DETL (Details) A-DOOR (Doors), A-WALL (Walls)

XX XXXX XXXX XXXX where the third four character field is an optional minor group e.g. A-CLNG-SUSP (Suspended Elements)

XX XXXX XXXX XXXX where the fourth four character field is an optional status field. e.g. -EXST (Existing to Remain), -FUTR (Future Work), -TEMP (Temporary Work)

Also known as alpha mask. In computer graphics an RGB image file is composed of 3 channels (red, green and blue), a CMYK image file is composed of 4 channels (cyan, magenta, yellow and black ). Alpha channel is an additional channel that contains transparency information of an image.

A special case of orthographic projection where the object is inclined to the picture plane in order to reveal all of its three dimensions. Axonometric projections are classified by the relative orientation of the subject's principal axes to the picture plane. The three types of axonometric projections are Isometric projection, Dimetric projection, Trimetric projection.

A parametric curve originally developed by French engineer Pierre Bézier who used them in automotive design. Most vector graphics applications such as Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape etc. include a pen tool for drawing paths with Bezier curves.

Constructive solid geometry. CSG is a 3D modeling technique where complex solids are constructed from a number of primitives such as cube, cylinder, cone sphere, torus with Boolean operators such as union, intersection and difference.

(printing) Choke is a type of trapping where a light background overlaps a dark foreground object. In contrast a spread is a type of trapping where a light foreground object overlaps a dark background. See also Trapping.

(printing) Overprint/flood varnish is applied over the entire printed surface, thus no special preparation is needed. This application is good for protecting projects that may be exposed to moisture or just used a lot. Plus it makes finished jobs look great.

A method of projection where the projectors (lines of sight) converge at a point (eye of the observer). The three main types of perspective are:

• one-point perspective (parallel perspective): The principle face of the object is parallel to the picture plane. Lines that are perpendicular to the picture plane converge at a vanishing point.

• two-point perspective (angular perspective): Objects are placed at an angle to the picture plane and the vertical edges are parallel to the picture plane. The non vertical edges converge to two vanishing points.

(printing) A color that is printed using a single ink (PANTONE, custom mixed, metallic, fluorescent inks) at 100% density. In contrast, process color printing uses four inks (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) printed as halftone dots of different sizes to produce all other colors.